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Power and Resistance in the Classroom - EDST2080
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of Education
 
 
Course Outline: http://education.arts.unsw.edu.au/education/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
36 units of credit including 6 in Level 1 EDST or enrolment in the Diploma in Education Program
 
 
Excluded: GENT1514
 
 
Fee Band: 5 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Examines the dynamics of power and knowledge in the classroom, teachers' work, youth resistance and state ideology. Explores the dynamics of different and progressive teaching practices, and new methodologies in the classroom. Explores the negotiation of pedagogy/instruction and classroom behaviour of all agents. Looks closely at youth culture (drugs, sex, alcohol) and resistance in the diverse school communities. Articulates the relationship between state education policy, curriculum process and practice. Examines the discourse of school texts, adolescent literature and media. Explores the teaching profession in political and ideological terms.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
  • Recognise the different dynamics of power in teaching and learning contexts
  • Articulate the multi-faceted power relationships as they develop in classrooms and Schools - inside and outside the classroom
  • Examine the power of ideology in educational institutions/organisations
  • Explore the power of 'globalisation' in school communities
  • Examine the ideas of democracy and education, education and freedom
  • Assess educational governance in the light of social justice and equality of opportunity and access
  • Acquire knowledge in the field of youth culture and youth resistance
  • Articulate the social and political construction of gender, sexuality, class, ethnicity and race within the school culture
  • Explore theories of youth resistance and difference
  • Examine the dimensions of leisure and sport in youth culture
  • Gain a deeper understanding of 'youth gangs' through ethnographic research
  • Contextualise the social context of youth outside the life of the school in reference to drugs, sex, alcohol, alienation and suicide
  • Examine the power of discourse in film, adolescent literature and media
  • Articulate the relationship between state education policy, hidden/curriculum process and practice
  • Develop a cultural and political awareness of the dynamics of classroom relationships to allow effective classroom management
  • Develop new ways of thinking and revolutionising the environment of the classroom
  • Acknowledge the possibilities of change and transformation within the classroom and school communities.

Assessment

  • Essay (2500-3000 words) - 30%
  • Oral seminar presentation - 20%
  • Exam - 50%

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